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(43) Date of publication: 28.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/44 (21) Application number: 96920565.0 (22) Date of filing: 30.05.1996

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H01B 3/ 30( . ) H01B 13/ 06( . ) H01B 3/ 44( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/US1996/007971 (87) International publication number: WO 1997/024191 (10.07.1997 Gazette 1997/30)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FI FR GB IT NL SE (30) Priority: 02.01.1996 US 19960581782 (71) Applicant: UNION CAMP CORPORATION Wayne, New Jersey 07470-2068 (US)	(72) Inventors: FRIHART, Charles, R. Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 (US) KLIWINSKI, Joseph Newtown, PA 18940 (US) (74) Representative: Towler, Philip Dean  Frank B. Dehn & Co., European Patent Attorneys, 179 Queen Victoria Street London EC4V 4EL London EC4V 4EL (GB)